Yes! I was drunk and just wrote whatever came to mind (mainly came here to pot Darcy tbh) but Trac's goal was ****ing magic!
One-handed pick up in congestion into a snap from 45, sexy. At one point they said he had 13 disposals, all contested. Nuts. De boer couldn't stop him, good to see he can...
GOOD
* winning a nice game of footy, shoot-out , close one, nice
* Langdon and May
* Daniels and Baker's and Rivers' goals
BAD
* People falling for Smith, he's a potato guys. Don't be fooled by Giants' lazy key forwards
*Pickett is nearly there man! But he never finishes his good work...
OUT
Brayshaw/Jones / ANB
IN
kozzie/ 2 other guys (Wagners?)
It's astounding that it has not occurred to the coaches that maybe we could play Tmac into form by doing something drastic like playing him in the backline where he spent most of his career.
GOOD
Beating those scum by 51 points
Viney 😍 oliver 🤩
Weid and Jackson, got some confidence
stevie May not taking shit from anybody
Lever owning Adelaide forwards
BAD
We were bad guys. We "managed" crows for 3/4 then ran over em. Good sides smash us.
Tex
UGLY
We'll play slightly less...
Noah balta (yes, Noah Balta (lol NOAH BALTA)) actually outplayed our entire fwd line, simply by standing in the most dangerous position for the whole game.
I understand what we're trying to do (quick ball movement, mobile forwards) but you have to accept that sometimes (most times) you're gonna...
I will say though, this is the first time this season we will play 2 weeks in a row.
Continuity matters so today will be an absolute indication of where we are at.
I look forward to the melts.
Good feeling about today! With Atsbury out I'm looking forward to Goody exploiting their lack of quality KPD by playing Fritch out of the goalsquare.
I know Goody is a student of the game as well, so assume we will have adapted well to the new holding the ball interpretation and swamp players...
This will either be a stroke of genius or a futile endeavour. I'll be back in 3 months to share my expert knowledge in hindsight....
I'm all for it, as long as Rawlings has any kind of experience / capability as a fwd coach.
3x ex Cats people as development coaches sounds alright as well...
Team played well tonight but;
A) shit the bed in front of goal (9.15 to 13.7)- patracca, garlett biggest offenders, and
B) shit ourselves when eagles got on top last quarter (run and carry stopped, reverted to long kicks to eagles' intercepters, played into their hands) - what do you put that...
Dismal performance, I'll rant later. Too drunk rn.
But it needs to be said that Hore put in a great performance. I thought he was fantastic all night with his read of the play and intercepts.
Watching Collingwood Thursday and us last night as a comparison, the pies had a game plan for that game to spread and tire Richmond with uncontested marks.
They showed something we desperately lack - an ability to execute more than 1 game plan.
If Gawn isn't winning the taps or we are losing...
Gawn was in hospital for a skin rash. It would affect you a bit mentally in terms of preparation but no way it explains his poor game lol that was a direct result from Port's excellent tactics.
Surely you need a back up plan if you're game plan revolves entirely around 1 player playing well...
Yeah I don't see the difference between one if those rib tickle punches and a little bump like what was happening to Gawn.
Not that I think they should be ruled out! But they are essentially the same thing ey
He made some comments on radio along the lines of "I made some clangers, I'm embarrassed but shit happens. It's round 1 and we will redeem ourselves" and frankly that is all this is. He is not the player he once was, that is obvious. He was never Judd lol he was an honest trier and still is. As...
I think our best 6 is:
Jetta May Hibberd
Lever Frost Lewis/Hunt
Frost is a spaz but surrounded by level heads in Lewis, May, Lever, Jetta Hibberd I think he is ok and can at least use some weapons in terms of speed and long, zone clearing kicks. I have him in because I like Lever freed up as...
In: May
Out: Hore
The "Outside pace and speed" thing is such a myth IMO. You look quick as a team when you run to smart positions for each other, make space and force your opponents to move to spaces you want them to, allowing you to move the ball down the field.
When you do this effectively...
Yuck.
We were severely outrun by a side that showed a lot more effort. Disappointing that we played so shit particularly kicking the first 3 goals.
Still, anomalies happen rd 1 and I'll back us in to settle back into the season even if I think we'll only scrape in to finals, if we make it at...
I think once again Weid just looked knackered in the 2nd half. Clumsier tackling attempts and contests plus worse set shot kicking. Just seemed spent. Think he will be a gun many years down the road but he will be patchy for quite some time.
Me old man still isn't convinced that we are a lock. Can someone smarter/soberer than me work out a way we can still mathematically finish 9th? (I estimate either we would have to lose or port would have to win by 300 or 400 points)
Holy Finals we're actually going to play in September. Cancel those snow trips boys and girls! The pamphlets are coming!
The mids were all great. Hibberd - Jetta - Omac solid as Iraq. Melksham - Hannan brilliant. Gutsy win. Yippee-ki-yay mother****ers!
GOOD
Played a game that we were expected to win and needed to win.... and we won!
It's been a long long time but I think we've almost done enough to call ourselves a football club again.
I'll still refrain for the time being though.
Casey kept Norf Melbourne goalless in the VFL. Tyson, Bugg, VDB, Hannan all had 12 plus tackles (I didn't watch the game just going off stats which I kniw can be misleading)
I don't really want Tyson back and VDB it's too soon but given we're coming back from Darwin are we a chance of making a...
I can't tell if I'm misreading your post or not but are you saying that Hogan was well beaten? He could've had 3 goals to qtr time.
For all his shortcomings he at least played with intent last night and was aggressive. He outbodied his opponent multiple times but then couldn't control the mark...
Yeah they ran in waves and got numbers to contests far more often than us, particularly in the 3rd as you said when they got a real sniff of victory. Lead to 1 on 1 and 2 on 1 situatioms in the saints F50 which gave them easy goals.
We gave so many easy goals as well. The one where it was our...
Our gameplan appears to have reverted back to the way it was at the start of the season since Lever has gone down. Our fwd line is super congested and teams can score on the rebound so easily. Not sure if it's a structutal change or just lazy / 1way running but it certainly helps the opposition...
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